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Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862
Bloody Valverde A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande February 21 1862 Author:John Taylor Carefully reconstructed in this book is the first full account of what happened on both sides of the line before, during, and after a day-long battle at Valverde ford between about 2,600 Texan Confederates and some 3,800 Union troops. On the Confederate side, a drunken Sibley turned over command to Colonel Tom Green early in the afternoon. Battl... more »efield maneuvers included a disastrous lance charge by cavalry, the only one during the entire Civil War. The Union army, under the cautious Colonel Edward R. S. Canby, fielded a superior number of troops, the majority of whom were Hispanic New Mexican volunteers.« less